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 382 ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE SECT. Sales. P. de Smeth van Alphen, Amsterdam, August I, 1810, No. 71 (4600 florins, Texier). Le Brun, Paris, April 15, 1811 (12,001 francs). In the collection of Prince Eugene Beauharnais, Munich, 1842 (Sm.). In the Leuchtenberg collection, St. Petersburg, No. ill. 782. In the Inn Courtyard. In the left centre of the foreground a peasant sits facing the spectator at a tub serving as table ; his right hand resting on his knee grasps his clay pipe, while his left hand rests on the edge of the tub. To the right, beside the tub, stands the hostess, facing slightly left ; she has a full stemmed glass in her right hand and holds a pewter pot in her left hand which hangs down. On the tub are two pipes and a charcoal pan. Behind the tub stands a little boy. On the extreme right is a dog. In the left background several peasants sit at a table, drinking, under an arbour adjacent to the inn. Others on the right and farther back play skittles. The houses run from the left foreground away to the right background. [Possibly identical with 784*7 and 787*7.] Signed in full ; panel, 14^ inches by 12^ inches. Etched by Deville in the Perkins sale catalogue. Sales. Bertrand, Paris, November 13, 1855, No. 135. Perkins, London, June 14., 1890, No. 14. In the Strasser collection, Vienna. 783. FIVE PERSONS IN AN ARBOUR. A hurdy-gurdy player with his back to the spectator. In front of him a child in a vivid red frock listens intently. Signed in full on the left, and dated 1653 ; panel, 18 inches by 15^ inches. In the collection of Sir F. Cook, Bart., Richmond, No. 157. 783*7. Many Figures outside a House. Sale. Pieter de Klok, Amsterdam, April 22, 1744 (Hoet, ii. 142), No. 171 (10 florins). 783^. A Peasant Company outside an Inn. 12 inches by 15^ inches. Sale. Margareta Verhamme, widow of Loot van Santvoort, Amsterdam, March 16, 1757 (Terw. 170), No. IO (150 florins). 784. Peasants outside an Inn. Sm. 33. Ten figures, mostly smoking and drinking. One man jests with a pretty woman holding a pot of beer. Panel, 27 inches by 23^ inches. Mentioned by Descamps, ii. Sale. Gerard Braamcamp, Amsterdam, July 31, 1771, No. 150 (2525 florins, J. de Bosch). 784*7. Peasants outside an Inn. The hostess hands a glass of beer to a seated peasant. By Dusart, according to an MS. note in the sale catalogue. [Possibly identical with 782.] 14^ inches by 13 inches.